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Lexicon :: Strong's G615 - apokteinō

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ἀποκτείνω
Transliteration
apokteinō (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-ok-ti'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἀπό (G575) and kteino (to slay)
mGNT
74x in 23 unique form(s) TR
75x in 23 unique form(s) LXX
165x in 38 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

†ἀποκτείνω apokteínō, ap-ok-ti'-no; from G575 and κτείνω kteínō (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy:—put to death, kill, slay.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x

The KJV translates Strong's G615 in the following manner: kill (55x), slay (14x), put to death (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x
The KJV translates Strong's G615 in the following manner: kill (55x), slay (14x), put to death (6x).

  1. to kill in any way whatever

    1. to destroy, to allow to perish

  2. metaph. to extinguish, abolish

    1. to inflict mortal death

    2. to deprive of spiritual life and procure eternal misery in hell

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἀποκτείνω apokteínō, ap-ok-ti'-no; from G575 and κτείνω kteínō (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy:—put to death, kill, slay.
STRONGS G615:
ἀποκτείνω, and Aeolic, -κτέννω (Matthew 10:28 L T Tr; Mark 12:5 G L T Tr; Luke 12:4 L T Tr; 2 Corinthians 3:6 T Tr; cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 507f; [Tdf. Proleg., p. 79]; Winers Grammar, 83 (79); [Buttmann, 61 (54)]), ἀποκτένω (Griesbach in Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:4), ἀποκταίνω (Lachmann in 2 Corinthians 3:6; Revelation 13:10), ἀποκτέννυντες (Mark 12:5 WH); future ἀποκτενῶ; 1 aorist ἀπέκτεινα; passive, present infinitive ἀποκτέννεσθαι (Revelation 6:11 G L T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἀπεκτάνθην (Bttm. Ausf. Spr. ii. 227; Winers Grammar, the passage cited; [Buttmann, 41 (35f)]); [from Homer down];
1. properly, to kill in any way whatever (ἀπό i. e. so as to put out of the way; cf. [English to kill off], German abschlachten): Matthew 16:21; Matthew 22:6; Mark 6:19; Mark 9:31; John 5:18; John 8:22; Acts 3:15; Revelation 2:13, and very often; [ἀποκτ. ἐν θανάτῳ, Revelation 2:23; Revelation 6:8, cf. Buttmann, 184 (159); Winers Grammar, 339 (319)]. to destroy (allow to perish): Mark 3:4 [yet others take it here absolutely, to kill].
2. metaphorically, to extinguish, abolish: τὴν ἔχθραν, Ephesians 2:16; to inflict moral death, Romans 7:11 (see ἀποθνήσκω, II. 2); to deprive of spiritual life and procure eternal misery, 2 Corinthians 3:6 [Lachmann ἀποκταίνει; see above].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:28; 10:28; 16:21; 22:6
Mark
3:4; 6:19; 9:31; 12:5; 12:5
Luke
12:4; 12:4
John
5:18; 8:22
Acts
3:15
Romans
7:11
2 Corinthians
3:6; 3:6; 3:6
Ephesians
2:16
Revelation
2:13; 2:23; 6:8; 6:11; 13:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G615 matches the Greek ἀποκτείνω (apokteinō),
which occurs 74 times in 70 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 10:28–Act 23:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:28 - “And do not fear those who kill G615 the body but are unable to kill G615 the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in [fn]hell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:5 - And although Herod wanted to put G615 him to G615 death G615, he feared the crowd, because they were regarding [fn]John as a prophet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:21 -

From that time [fn]Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed G615, and be raised up on the third day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:23 - and they will kill G615 Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:35 - “And the vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed G615 another, and stoned a third.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:38 - “But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill G615 him and seize his inheritance.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:39 - “And they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed G615 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:6 - and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed G615 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 -

“On account of this, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill G615 and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:37 -

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills G615 the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you did not want it.

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“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill G615 you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:4 - and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill G615 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:4 - And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill G615?” But they kept silent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:19 - Now Herodias was holding a grudge against him and was wanting to put G615 him to G615 death G615 and was not able;

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And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed G615, and after three days rise again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:31 - For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be [fn]delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill G615 Him; and when He has been killed G615, He will rise again three days later.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:34 - “And they will mock Him and spit on Him, and flog Him and kill G615 Him, and three days later He will rise again.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:5 - “And he sent another, and that one they killed G615; and so with many others, beating some and killing G615 others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:7 - “But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill G615 him, and the inheritance will be ours!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:8 - “And they took him, and killed G615 him and threw him out of the vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 -

Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, after seizing Him in secret, they might kill G615 Him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:22 - saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed G615 and be raised up on the third day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - “Woe to you! For you build the [fn]tombs of the prophets, but your fathers killed G615 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - “So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed G615 them, and you build their tombs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - “For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill G615 and some they will [fn]persecute,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4 -

“But I say to you, My friends, do not fear those who kill G615 the body and after that have no more that they can do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:5 - “But I will show you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed G615, has authority to cast into [fn]hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - “Or do you think that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed G615 them were worse [fn]offenders than all the men who live in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:31 -

Just at that time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, “Leave and go from here, for Herod wants to kill G615 You.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:34 - “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills G615 the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you did not want it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:33 - and after they have flogged Him, they will kill G615 Him, and the third day He will rise again.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:14 - “But when the vine-growers saw him, they were reasoning with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill G615 him so that the inheritance will be ours.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:15 - “So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed G615 him. What, then, will the [fn]owner of the vineyard do to them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill G615 Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1 -

And after these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill G615 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:19 -

“Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet none of you does the Law. Why do you seek to kill G615 Me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:20 - The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill G615 You?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:25 -

So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill G615?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:22 - So the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill G615 Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:37 - “I know that you are Abraham’s seed; yet you are seeking to kill G615 Me, because My word [fn]has no place in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:40 - “But now you are seeking to kill G615 Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:53 - So from that day on they planned together to kill G615 Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:10 - But the chief priests planned to put G615 Lazarus to G615 death G615 also;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:2 - “They will put you out of the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills G615 you to think that he is offering service to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:31 - So Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put G615 anyone to G615 death G615,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - but put G615 to G615 death G615 the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:52

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:52 - “And which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed G615 those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:31 - While they were seeking to kill G615 him, a report came up to the [fn]commander of the Roman [fn]cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

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Now when it was day, the Jews formed a [fn]conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed G615 Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:14 - They came to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a curse to taste nothing until we have killed G615 Paul.

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